A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from historic launchpad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Feb. 6, 2018. (Reuters File Photo)
Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Feb 6
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1922 - Cardinal Achille Ratti was elected Pope Pius XI. He succeeded Benedict XV.
1952 - Britain's King George VI died.
1952 - King George VI’s daughter, Elizabeth II, proclaimed Queen.
1958 - A plane carrying the Manchester United soccer team back from a European Cup match crashed on the runway at Munich Airport. Eight members of the side, nicknamed "The Busby Babes" after their manager Matt Busby, were among the 23 killed.
1993 - Arthur Ashe, U.S. tennis great and the first black to win the Wimbledon men's title, died. He was 49.
1997 - Ecuador's Congress voted to oust embattled President Abdala Bucaram on grounds of mental incompetence.
2003 - Colombia's labour and health ministers were killed after their small plane crashed on a flight over high Andean mountains.
2004 - An apparent suicide bombing killed at least 40 people and injured more than 100 on an underground train during morning rush-hour in Moscow.
2011 - Formula One driver Robert Kubica in rally crash.
2016 - More than 100 people killed in Taiwan earthquake.
2018 - SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket makes maiden flight.
